Mass Senior Care is proud to celebrate the invaluable contributions of nurses in our communities.

The full Senate will begin active debate on the FY 2025 state budget during the week of May 20th.

Member Update: House Introduces Health Care Market Reform Bill to Control Costs; REMINDER: Reporting of Healthcare Personnel Influenza Vaccinations; MassHealth POSC Users - Virtual Gateway Multifactor Authentication Implementation

Member Update: Steward Health Care Files for Bankruptcy

Next week is National Nurses Week! The theme for this year is “Nurses Make the Difference” and we look forward to honoring the incredible nurses who embody the spirit of compassion and care in the long term care community.

As a reminder with this year’s annual nursing home administrator’s license renewal, all nursing home administrators must have completed a minimum of 40 contact hours of continuing education activities that meet the applicable requirements.

Join the Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) and the MassCyberCenter on May 9th at 10am for the monthly health care provider cybersecurity call.

CMS-certified skilled nursing facilities are required to report annual Healthcare Personnel influenza vaccination summary data through the NHSN HPS Component annually.

The May 2, 2024, 2pm-3pm Skilled Nursing Facilities/Long Term Care Open Door Forum has been rescheduled to May 16, 2:00pm-3:00pm ET.